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Colorado man tries to trade places with dog to avoid DUI arrest

SPRINGFIELD – A driver, who was pulled over for speeding, tried to switch places with his dog to avoid arrest, police in Colorado said. An officer watched him maneuvering inside the car befo...

DATE: May 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cops: Man borrows phone, admits killing former landlord in 2008

Tony Ray Peralta’s tip leads to body buried in tenant’s home

DATE: May 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Cloud seeding catching on amid Rocky Mountain region’s two-decade drought

Technique has been used around the world and in the Rockies for more than 50 years

DATE: Apr 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 teens arrested after Colorado driver killed by thrown rock

GOLDEN – Three teenagers have been arrested on first-degree murder charges in connection to the death of a 20-year-old Colorado woman, who was struck by a rock that investigators say was thr...

DATE: Apr 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Funding made available to support recording oral histories from boarding school era

Victims and survivors have been sharing emotional stories during a ‘Road to Healing’ tour

DATE: Apr 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado gun control bills progress; semi-auto ban unlikely

A marathon hearing drew hundreds of people hoping to speak for and against legislation

DATE: Apr 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man who threatened Colorado election official gets probation

Judge: Authorities had no choice but to view his threat as credible

DATE: Apr 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado offers safe haven for abortion, transgender care

Laws seek to shield out-of-state residents from prosecution

DATE: Apr 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. floats options to reduce water pulled from Colorado River

Biden administration charts two paths forward but declines to take sides

DATE: Apr 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. judge orders man held in case of missing Navajo woman

Family hopes for closure in 2021 disappearance

DATE: Apr 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Flush with cash, state of New Mexico resets priorities

SANTA FE – The governor of New Mexico is confronting a noon deadline Friday to sign or veto provisions the largest proposed annual spending plan in the state's history, along with a $1.1 bil...

DATE: Apr 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers

SANTA FE – Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill Wednesday that protects providers of abortions from related prosecution, professional disciplinary action or extrad...

DATE: Apr 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico